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		2012 John Moores Painting Prize (China)


		Tony Cragg Exhibition 2012


		Tony Cragg's Talk on Sculpture


		A MUSEUM THAT IS NOT CLOSING Lecture


		Transcultural Tendencies & Transmedial Transactions


		John Atkin in China


		The Dandelion exhibition


		Shenzhen Action: British Chinese Action Art Encounters


		Issac Julien at Shanghai Biennale


		East＆West Exhibition Series (1)

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ARTS ACTIVITIES IN CHINA
China-UK Creative Entrepreneur Network
Forward Motion British Screen Dance
2010 International Master Class on Directing
Super Vision Design Art Show
John Moores (SH) Contemporary Painting Prize
BBC Symphony Orchestra Shanghai Concert
bahok Farewell In Beijing

GOVERNANCE IN THE UK

	John Atkin in China

Once he was invited by the Beijing Municipal Government to prepare a 27-ton marble & granite sculpture for the Beijing Olympiad with his work being elected from a global pool of 2600 artists and his sculpture standing today by the Birds Nest Stadium; He has been specially selected to be the UK Representative for a major touring exhibition, organized by Qu Art (Belgium) to tour eight museums in China. His love with sculpture in China continues. His name is John Atkin.

John Atkin is currently in China, participating in the 12th Changchun Sculpture Symposium and the NanDaiHe International Conference & Exhibition, “Blue Symphony” The Professional Sculpture Committee of China National Arts & Crafts Society organized this project and the exhibition will run until October 2011. The Conference in NanDaiHe explored how public art can be integrated into the built environment, which is a major Research topic for John Atkin in his academic position as Reader in Fine Art, School of the Arts, Loughborough University. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/staff/john-atkin.html

ARC's . stainless steel Changchun International Sculpture Symposium

He will return to China in September 2011 to complete his work at the 12th Changchun Sculpture Symposium and to deliver a Keynote Lecture on Public Art/Urban Regeneration projects at the World Sculpture Conference in Changchun. The Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China and China National Guiding Committee for Urban Sculpture Construction has organized this Conference with the support of Wu Weishan, The President of the China Academy of Sculpture.

His lecture for the Conference in Changchun, will explore the groundbreaking project he has recently completed in the UK for Kent County Council, Breaking Boundaries”. http://www.johnatkin.net/ashford.php. This five-year long project, as Lead Artist, involved Atkin becoming an embedded part of an Interdisciplinary Design Team (IDT) working alongside Landscape Architects, Urban Designers and Highway Engineers to create a new streetscape for the town of Ashford in Kent. Collaborating with experts in shared-space urban regeneration schemes, Atkin discreetly deployed ideas of Ashford’s culture and history into a series of innovative designs for street furniture as well as roundabouts and terraces. The scheme has won many Awards and has received visits from Landscape Architects & Urban Designers from around the world.